Therapist profile
Angela Knight, LMFT
California
Licensed MFT - Relationships and codependency
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- Credentials
- LMFT
- License
- LMFT, California / 36798
- NPI
- 1801939053
- Experience
- 29 years
- Languages
- English
- Location
- California
About
- CBT methods
- DBT skills
- Emotion-focused work
About Angela
Angela Knight is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist (LMFT) in California with 29 years of professional experience. She works with adults who struggle with stress, anxiety, relationship problems, trauma and abuse, self-esteem, depression, addictions, and patterns such as codependency. Angela helps people who keep putting others first, have trouble saying no, or feel stuck around someone else’s moods or drinking.
She frames clients as experts in their own lives and looks for strengths to build on. In sessions she teaches skills and practices drawn from cognitive behavioral therapy, dialectical behavior therapy, and emotion-focused work. Mindfulness-based stress reduction strategies are also part of her approach when they fit a person’s needs.
Sessions focus on concrete skills you can use between meetings. That can mean practicing ways to set boundaries, learning new behavior patterns, or working on emotional regulation. Angela mixes short practical exercises with chances to talk through what’s been hard and what has helped so far.
Her style tends to be collaborative and straightforward. She helps clients name patterns such as people-pleasing, flattened feelings, or staying in unhealthy dynamics. From there she supports skill-building and clearer communication to reduce daily distress and improve relationship choices.
Clients are invited to bring real-life problems to therapy. Common topics include parenting stress, burnout, grief, intimacy issues, ADHD-related challenges, and coping with life transitions. Angela offers sessions in English and practices in California.
How sessions work
How her approaches translate to online work
Angela integrates attachment-based ideas, client-centered practice, and cognitive behavioral therapy into online sessions. Attachment-based work focuses on patterns in close relationships and helps people notice how early connections shape current responses. Client-centered practice emphasizes listening and working from your goals so the therapist follows what matters most to you. Cognitive behavioral therapy looks at how thoughts, feelings, and actions interact and uses targeted skills to change unhelpful patterns.Figuring out the right approach is part of the first weeks of therapy. The therapist will collaborate with the client to decide which methods fit best for their concerns, goals, and daily life. That may mean trying skills-focused CBT exercises for anxious thinking or emotion-focused strategies to name and process hurt in a relationship.
The practical benefits of online work include fitting sessions into a busy schedule and shorter check-ins when needed. Confirm the current session options before booking, since the biography does not list specific formats. Online sessions can make it easier to attend while managing work, caregiving, or health limitations, and they support steady practice of skills between meetings.
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Experience
29+ years
Listed in
California
Languages
English
Questions
Frequently asked questions
What concerns does she address?
She works with stress, anxiety, relationship struggles, trauma and abuse, low self-esteem, depression, addictions, codependency, and related issues.
What is her therapeutic style?
She takes a collaborative, skill-focused approach that emphasizes learning tools and building on a client’s strengths.
How much experience does she have?
She has 29 years of professional experience working with clients in clinical settings.
What credentials and location apply?
She is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist, LMFT, licensed in California and practices there.
Which languages are sessions offered in?
Sessions are offered in English only.
Does she work with international clients?
She does not accept international clients at this time.
How are session costs handled?
Cost varies with location; sessions use a subscription that can be canceled at any time.
How do I begin working with her?
Select the See online therapy options button, complete a short matching questionnaire, and schedule a first session.
Details come from information the therapist supplied to BetterHelp. A license can be checked with the state board.
Online talk therapy is not emergency care. If you are not safe at home, use the crisis and helpline numbers.